Dr. Andrea Welsh 💖💜💙

Teaching honors calc 1 this fall and I'm trying to think of some fun but more thoughtful type of problems or topics to include. Any suggestions?

@dndbeyond.com how much rope do we get for 5lbs of rope in the 2024 version?

Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.

It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.

All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.

So wrong 🧪⚛️👩‍🔬

Is there a publicly available list of the awards NSF has terminated? You can download a list (CSV, 348.6 KB) of terminated awards.

🧪🤓 Data update:

NSF has now posted its own official list of terminated grants: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

It reaffirms the accuracy of the work that @noamross.net and @scott-delaney.bsky.social have already done here:

grant-watch.us/nsf-data.html

Next post on the differences...

I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

for some of these, how to start looking, how to start prepping, etc as someone who hasn't applied for a grant before.

honestly, any insight, recommendations, advice, direction would be really helpful.

ISO advice for current visiting assistant prof in math (me)
What sort of grants are available/worth applying for to stay semi-competitive? I know right now grants are getting dissolved left and right so all that is up in the air anyway, but I want to know what is a reasonable timeline for applying

The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.

Here is my conclusion slide for the limerick challenge at #SIAMDS25 #snowbird

To prevent fecal impaction
IPANs signal colon contraction
But when there's no stool
ICCs are the tool
To excite a muscle reaction

Kennedy Clashes With Top Democrat Who Accused Him of ‘Destroying’ Health Agencies

Today in Congress, HHS Sec RFK Jr insisted that "We are not withholding money for lifesaving research."

The @nytimes.com described the interaction as a "clash".

Yes, between facts and talking points.

Fact: HHS is withholding money for lifesaving research.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.

There has been a little competition with limericks at #SIAMDS25. Bard is a Limerick king and here is his after his talk (sorry for the poor video). Hope mine today can stack up. Come to MS157 at 1:30! #Snowbird #NationalLimerickDay

I'm the only one left in the sessions due to a series of unfortunate events. So I could use the company! But look at it this way, then you can go to any of the other sessions you want!

My talk at #SIAMDS25 is tomorrow! Session MS157 1:30pm. Come learn about dynamics in the colon!

Wonderful and entertaining talk by Prof Bard Ermentrout who gave the Jürgen Moser Lecture at #SIAMDS25 last night! I Have definitely enjoyed my time working with him these last 5 years and have learned so much from him!

Made it to Denver for #SIAMDS25!!
Last time I was here was the 2020 #APSMarchMeeting. Hope nothing historical happens this time!

Someone recommended color coding so that it was clearer where everything goes because it is a bit cramped. I think this does look nicer. I hope I don't have any mistakes in it... #math #teachingMath #MathEducation #calculus

Feedback on my study guide for my students? I have adopted it from people.tamu.edu/~kahlig//152... which is shared in our department, but I didn't like the look of it and wanted it to have more info.

I also have called ratio test AGAIN "your favorite convergence test's favorite convergence test"

#APSglobalSummit25 #APSMarch25 happening today!

Tonight at #APSSummit25, I am running APR-EV10:1: Mental Health Roundtable in Marriot Marquis Northwest at 6:00pm-7:00pm! Many of us are feeling a lot of anxiety and depression especially now with the state of the world. Come find support and community! #AcademicMentalHealth

Yes! And I'm running the Mental Health Roundtable in Marriot Marquis Northwest which is probably nearby at 6pm so I'll be in the Marriot probably 3:45 and later!

I'm speaking in MAR-S58: Collective Behaviors in Biology II Thursday at 2:06pm on modeling dynamics from data on (transgenic) mice colons! Come on by @aps-dbio.bsky.social @aps-gsnp.bsky.social #ProtectTransgenicMice (but also while we're here #ProtectTransPeople )

I'm mostly in the Hilton for the biophys stuff but I'll try to come by the Marriot at some point!

At @apsphysics.bsky.social this week! Let me know if you are around!

Millie has been doing well and is basically back to her regular self but shaved. But honestly I feel like she's even more attached to me than before.

I'm sorry that I haven't seemed angry about the state of everything. I definitely am. I just can't keep up with each new horror every day as well as just staying afloat in my regular day to day work and being hit with other life complications (health, cat health, finances...)

(not because of you obviously. Idk if it reads that way.)

Thanks. This career is really not made for people like me is all I keep being reminded about.

flight. Maybe I should cancel my APS trip? And then the mental health roundtable gets canceled as I am the one running it?

Is this worth it? I am feeling, no.